Best 435 quotes in «excuse quotes» category

99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses.

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.

A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

A loser is someone who makes excuses and alibis and blames everyone else for their losses and failures.

All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance.

A lie is an excuse guarded

Allyson Smith reminds me of a younger, prettier, funnier me. Now if you'll excuse me, the ladies from my bridge club have arrived.

Almost everybody's here doing the same thing. Who am I to come up with an excuse when there's 64 other players here doing the same thing? 63 others, sorry.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach, Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch'd.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

An excuse is a lie guarded.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.

Anger is its own excuse and its own reward.

A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.

Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity.

A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.

Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.

Are you the cursed kid Nemesis mentioned?" Leo asked. "But you're a girl." "You're a girl," said the girl. "Excuse me?

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

Arrogance is a veneer -- a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies.

Art is its own excuse, and it's either Art or it's something else. It's either a poem or a piece of cheese.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

Attaining a PhD is just an excuse that all young women are using nowadays to avoid starting families.

Bad news is just an excuse.

Beneath the excuse lies your destiny.

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it’s like an excuse for Halloween everyday.

Besides, Southerners are hospitable. They'll probably offer me lemonade." Excuse me? You're going to sit on a porch and drink lemonade while I plow a swamp with a goat's horn?" Yes, ma'am. And I aim to wear my seamless shirt while you do it.

Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

By the time we have our fifth and sixth you'll be a pro." Kane teased. He nuzzled Sebastien head. " Do you hear that, son ? You're our experiment, so you'll have all sorts of excuses to do very naughty things.

Calls ignored, texts unanswered, short replies, excuses made. All I can say is don't be surprised when you're not in my future.

Crusaders have just f-ked me over what a bas-rd joke, excuse my language I'm absolutely furious.

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.

Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.

Comparatively, we can excuse any offense against the heart, but not against the imagination. The imagination knows--nothing escapes its glance from out its eyry--and it controls the breast.

Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.

Dead? No excuse for laying off work.

Don't accept excuses; totally deny the status quo.

Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.

Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses

Don't always use PAIN that you receive as an excuse to GIVE PAIN.